Horse collar



June 23, 1936. J. J WILLMA'N HORSE COLLAR Filed May 27, 1935 Patented June 23, 1936 PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in horse collars and has particular relation to the construction of the rim of the collar and its attachment to the body thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a horse collar in which the rim of the collar is constructed with areinforcing rib which assists in maintaining the shape of the rim under strain of use and at the same time furnishes a hame retaining flange to hold the hame in positionagainst the back of the collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide a joint connecting the rim and body in a novel manner and assisting in the stiffening of the collar and to provide means whereby the collar may be made of a number of separate pieces whereby a more complete utilization of the stock material may be made.

The means by which the foregoing and other objects are accomplished and the manner of their accomplishment may readily be seen from the following specification on reference to the accompanying drawing, in which,--

Fig. l is an elevation of the collar showing the back of the body of the collar and the rim of the collar, a portion of the rim being cut away to show the rib construction.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the collar.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken as on the line III-III of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 an enlarged fragmentary section taken on the same line showing the construction in detail.

In these views the filling or stuffing of the collar and the rim has been purposely omitted, since this in no way departs from standard practice.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, I is the body of the collar and II the rim. I2 is the. cover of the face of the collar body being that portion which seats against the shoulder of the animal and 13 the cover of the back of the body.

The face cover l2 and the back cover l3 of the collar are each preferably formed of a single piece as of leather, and are joined at their outer edges I4 in usual manner as by thongs l5 and/orstitching H5. The cover for the rim of the collar is preferably formed of a single piece as of leather I1. That portion of the rim cover I! which is to form the back of the rim is folded over a continuous strip as of belting leather i8, and stitched through and through, the two thicknesses of cover and the strip therebetween being securely attached by this stitching I9. The

bight formed in the rim cover and the strip form a rib or welt 20, which projects backward from the rim approximately parallel to the body of the collar, and preferably extends therearound.

Ordinarily the thickness of the rim cover is 5 such that this rib is externally of generally circular form. After the rib has been formed on the rim cover the back portion of the rim cover is lapped against the edge portion of the back cover l3 of the collar body, and is stitched thereto as by stitching 2|. Likewise the edge portion of the face cover of the rim is lapped against the edge portion of the face cover E2 of the body of the collar and is stitched thereto as by stitching 22. Preferably the cover of the rim overlaps and is stitched to the outer sides. of both the face cover and the back cover of the body but this is not material and although thus shown, may as readily underlie such portions of the body. The cover edges so stitched together are brought together and secured as by a thong 23 preferably extending continuously around the -collar.

After being so formed the collar is stuffed and completed in the usual manner.

It will be particularly noted that the strip of belting leather [8 which lies in the bight 20 extends across the line of stitching l9 and so holds the two side portions of the bight apart at the point Where they are stitched so as to prevent the formation of a hinge along the 'line of stitching. My construction accomplishes a rib extending outward from the tightly stuffed rim H of the collar which rib is extremely stiff against lateral displacement, and which therefore effectively holds the usual harness hame against lateral displacement, a result which is not accomplished by stiffening the bight exteriorly to the line of stitching so long as such stiffening does not prevent the side portions of the 40 bight being brought together and a hinge formed.

I claim:

1. A horse collar comprising a body and a rim, each having a cover, the cover of the rim in cross section being a single piece positioned with its two side edge portions facing and lapping two side edge portions of the cover of the body, each side edge portion of said rim cover being secured as by stitching to a lapped side edge portion of said body cover, the two lapping pairs of side edge portions being superposed; and thonging interlaced through said side edge portions to complete the joining of the rim to the body and form a neck between such body and rim.

2. In a horse collar, a body, and a rim each having a cover, and a neck portion joining said body and rim, said rim having an outwardly projecting bight formed in the back portion of its said cover, and a strip of stiffening leather disposed in said bight, and secured as by stitching through said bighted cover and strip, said strip being of suiiicient width to extend from the back of said strip into said rim substantially beyond the inner face thereof, whereby to be engaged and braced against lateral displacement by the stufifing of said rim.

3. In a horse collar, a body and a rim each having a cover, an a neck portion formed by lapping layers of said covers joining said bodyand rim, said rim having an outwardly projecting bight formed in the back portion of its said cover, and a fiat strip of stiffening leather disposed in said bight, and being secured as by stitching through said bighted cover and strip, the rib thus formed being substantially co-extensive with said rim and paralleling the back of said body, and said strip being of sufiicient width to extend from the back of said bight into said rim substantially beyond the inner face thereof, whereby to be engaged and braced against lateral displacement by the stuffing of said collar.

- JOSEPH J. WILLMAN. 

